248 Rowley alias Wittenham. 
accrue to the Rector of the Church of Fartzy Huneerrorp and 
his successors through non-exhibition of the same; seeing that the 
said original Letters of our Rev‘. Brother Rosurt, Bisor or Sarum 
cannot always be produced, 
“Wr, Joun, BisHor or Bato anv WELLS, upon the request of 
the Lorp Watter HuncGerrorD, Patron of both the Churches, and 
of the aforesaid [Jon Guoucestre,]| Rector of the Church of FarLey 
Huneerrorp, have specially commanded the exact purport of the 
Letters aforesaid to be largely truly and wholly within these presents 
embodied and inscribed, in order that the same implicit reliance may 
be for ever thereon placed as on the original Letters themselves. 
“ In Wirvzss and assurance of which things all and singular, we 
have to these presents caused our seal to be attached. 
“Given at our Pxracz! in Lonpon the xxiv day of November, 
1428, and in the fourth year of our Consecration.” 
Dexzps relating to Rowley alias Wittenham, in the “ Hungerford 
Chartulary ;” translated from the Latin and abridged. 
“Tur Lanps anp TENEMENTS FORMERLY HamMuUNDE’s. 
1. Roger de Sancto Laudo [St. Lo] grants to Walter Brutun a virgate of 
land in ‘‘Rueleia,” held by Johes. Clericus: and a messuage, in y* occupation 
of ‘‘ Petrus Pistor ” on the E. side of a meadow belonging to the virgate, with 
half an acre on the South side, next to the arable called ‘‘ Worthehes,” with 
another half acre lying in the Kast field near the Noreshall, Paying annually 
a pound of pepper, and on condition that the said Walter answers for those lands 
to the King for the 40‘ part of a Knight’s fee. Furthermore the said Roger 
grants that Walter shall have pannage for six swine in his [Roger’s] woods 
yearly, and six loads of fuel from his woods, the week before Christmas. War- 
ranty given against all men and women. Witnesses, Robt. de Mucegros, Robt. de 
Bekeford, Robert Clerk, William Blundell, Roger, son of Ralph, Alexander de 
Montford, Hamon Ursel, and many others. [No date.] 
2. John Bruton grants the aforesaid messuage and virgate, (formerly held by 
his Father Walter B), to his daughter Catherine and her heirs; Yielding for the 
same, a pound of pepper at Michaelmas to the Lord of the Fee, and to him the 
said John a Rose at Midsummer. Witnesses John de St Lo, Lord John Lovel, 
Junior, Kt: Henry de la Cleye,* Gervase de Suddebur’, Richard de Bath, Sir 
Richard Vicar of the Monistr’ for the time being, Gilbert de Hestoker and others. 
[Wo date.]} 
1«¢Place,”—the proper word for a Bishop’s residence in or near London. 
Burn’s Eccl. Law., vol. 1., p. 218. 
* Perhaps Clay Farm, still in the parish of Bradford. 
